Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Medical Assistants

Moderate Risk
43%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
41%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
45%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 43%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
15.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$42,000
or $20.19 per hour
Volume
763,040
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
5.6/10

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Calculated automation risk

41% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Social Perceptiveness

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

45% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 41% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Medical Assistants will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

The following graph is included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Medical Assistants' job openings is expected to rise 15.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Medical Assistants' was $42,000, or $20 per hour

'Medical Assistants' were paid 12.6% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 763,040 people employed as 'Medical Assistants' within the United States.

This represents around 0.5% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 199 people are employed as 'Medical Assistants'.

Job description

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

SOC Code: 31-9092.00

Comments

Breh 4 years ago
It's honestly possible, vitals can be done automatically; appointments, patient care/education, and inquiries can be streamlined using automation, making it possible to hire less medical assistants. Although from what I hear, medical practices are slow in adapting new technology.
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Shalin Dutt 5 years ago
Firstly, medical assistants jobs can not be done by the robots. This involves in medical license and direct patient care. Robots are not designed to draw patients blood, check vital signs, do dressing changes, protect patients from fall and refilling their medication.
1 0 Reply
Milania (No chance) 5 years ago
This occupation requires much more than taking vitals, it requires bedside manner, tact, empathy, patience things a robot can't do with a physician or a patient.
1 0 Reply
Mar 2 years ago
Empathy, bedside manner, patience is all already done very easily with deep learning AI look at chat GPT.
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